Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

French Marine Paras of 4e Cne,6er RPIMa hold a blocking position against FLN insurgents in Algeria's Hodna Mountains during Operation Etincelles, July 1959.

Slotted for 529.

Use careful ammo discipline.
Bonne chasse, mon Capitaines!

Re: Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

Sounds interesting!
Downloading now.

Re: Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

Nice, looking forward to playing this one.

Re: Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

Nice scenario, RazGator!
Gotta wonder what the French were thinking, though, sending their troops to fight in Algeria with smgs! :confused:
The Mosin-Nagants of the FLN sure shine at those longer ranges.

One strange thing I noticed though.
My A0 starts off as a chopper passenger, but for some reason I can't seem to unload him, seems he has cold (rather than black) feet!
;)
Any ideas on this?

Re: Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

I'm afraid that is an error on my part. Since there is no units in the OOB specifically noted as Marine Paras, I tried several different types of companies before settling on just regular Marines (mostly because of the morale modifier). I also tried several different types of helicopters. I suspect that during the course of all these changes, I inadvertently deleted the HQ or the helicopter that it was loaded onto. Frankly, I'm not sure how to remedy the error without re-doing the entire scenario from scratch. I would also note that, it seems unlikely that a Lt. Colonel would actually be on the ground with a company sized blocking action. Any suggestions you might have regarding possible remedies would be helpful.

Re: Scenario: French Marine Paras in Algeria 7/1959
 

He he, yeah, I just assumed he was 'leading from the sky'.

As for the smg heavy units, I'm not familiar enough with the french oob to make any useful recommendations, but I suspect that any para units in Algeria would have a decent percentage of MAS CR39s.
Just a thought.

Regardless, it's a different and enjoyable scenario.
Thanks.